Khan Danun is located on the Levantine Hajj Route, 23 km south of Damascus. It was built in 1376 AD by the Mamluk prince Manjak al-Yusufi as a rest stop for caravans heading to the Two Holy Mosques. Constructed from basalt stone, common in Hauran, the khan features a square courtyard surrounded by arcades and circular towers, giving the building the appearance of a small fortress. With the decline of caravan traffic, the site became a village and then a refugee camp. Some of the khan’s basements collapsed, leaving it in a state of “partial destruction.” Nevertheless, the southern gate block and its Kufic inscriptions remain a testament to the logistical role the khan played in organizing the Hajj season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Khan Danun is located on the Levantine Hajj Route, 23 km south of Damascus. It was built in 1376 AD by the Mamluk prince Manjak al-Yusufi as a rest stop for caravans heading to the Two Holy Mosques. Constructed from basalt stone, common in Hauran, the khan features a square courtyard surrounded by arcades and circular towers, giving the building the appearance of a small fortress. With the decline of caravan traffic, the site became a village and then a refugee camp. Some of the khan’s basements collapsed, leaving it in a state of “partial destruction.” Nevertheless, the southern gate block and its Kufic inscriptions remain a testament to the logistical role the khan played in organizing the Hajj season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,392],"tags":[241],"class_list":["post-8465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-damascus","category-historic-souks-and-khans-damascus","tag-partially-destroyed"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syrian-treasures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}